Children need very explicit instructions on how letters on a page corresponds to the spoken word. Margie Gillis, Ed.D.

What is Phonics?

Phonics is the correspondence between the sounds and the letters.

Letter Sound Correspondence

  • Letter Sound Match - Student will match initial/final/medial phonemes to graphemes
  • Word Blender - The students will blend onsets and rimes to make words
  • Digraph Roll-a-Word - The students will belend onsets and rimes to make words
  • Digraph Bingo! - The students will match final consonant digraph signs to letters
  • Change My Word - The student will combine consonant blends and digraphs with a common rime to form words
  • Map-A-Word - The student will segment phonemes in words
  • Word Spinners - The student will combine final consonant blends with other letters to form words

Syllable Patterns

  • Syllables, Words and Pictures - The student will blend syllables into words
  • Syllable Scoops - The student will segment syllables in words
  • Syllable Snakes - The student will segment syllables in words
  • Syllable Cut-Ups - The student will segment syllables in words
  • Map and Swoop - The student will segment syllables in words
  • Six-Way Syllable Sort - The student will identify syllables in words
  • Syllable Trivia - The student will identify syllables in words
  • Syllable Share - The student will identify syllables in words